1928 Remington Porto-Rite #SR6314

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 10-12-2026 at 07:07PM
Last Edit: 10-12-2026 at 07:10PM

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Description:

2026-OCT-12, Gallery Creation. This is an eBay sighting, listed currently for $100 OBO by seller "koolcouple" out of Hatfield, PA. The listing does not include a picture of the serial number, but I messaged the sellers, and they provided an image in the message response. The sellers claim to know nothing about typewriters.

This is a relatively early Porto-Rite. It has a Tab key, but it also has the bend-rod type of paper release lever, as opposed to the updated lever, which is topped with a metal knob. I looked through the 1928 Remington Portable 2 galleries, and found that they all have the earlier, bent-rod type of paper release lever. The knobbed lever seems to have come in with the Remington Portable 3, and it is also featured on the Remington Compact portable, which started production in July 1930, per Richard Polt's Remington Portables page on his Classic Typewriter website.

Typeface Specimen:

Photos:

Front view of machine.

Top view, showing type basket and paper table. The resolution is poor, but the size of the typeface on the slugs suggests Elite to me.

Right broadside.

Serial number.

Aft.

Left broadside.

Case.

eBay main listing page.

Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)

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My interest in typewriters started in 1997, when I was in graduate school at the University of Georgia. I purchased and read Darryl Rehr's book, joined ETC, and started reaching out to known collectors. I had several email interchanges with Richard Polt dating from that period. I also bought some of my first machines from Bob Aubert, and visited him at his home twice. After marriage and relocation to New England, I continued visiting antique shops and eBay, until other priorities put my typewriter hobby on hiatus around 2008.

In late 2024, I started up again, working on my machines and having some of them serviced professionally by New England Typewriter (NET) LLC (Merrimack, NH), until they closed their doors in December of 2025. Since mid-2025, I have been adding to my collection again, first with a Hermes 3000 purchase from NET, then with various auctions and purchases on eBay, when I find something that catches my eye.